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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Part Two.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of place would Rousseau have loved to be born?
(a) A place where he can be the ruler.
(b) A place where he could work.
(c) A place where people are equal in their job.
(d) France.

2. What does Rousseau say preceded what men are coming to?
(a) Socratism.
(b) Sophism.
(c) Barbarism.
(d) Enlightenment.

3. What does Rousseau say at the end of Chapter 1 might contradict virtue?
(a) Education.
(b) Religion.
(c) Ignorance.
(d) Sciences.

4. What is man's second feeling according to Rousseau?
(a) Self-preservation.
(b) Love.
(c) Envy.
(d) Desire.

5. What does Rousseau say is the reason for the increase he saw in France?
(a) Men left their ignorance behind.
(b) Sciences made people want more.
(c) The bourgeois extended their hold on the economy.
(d) Art has become easily accessible.

Short Answer Questions

1. What power does Rousseau want the citizens of the cities to be able to do?

2. What does natural sentiment lead to according to Rousseau?

3. Why do the rich produce the state according to Rousseau?

4. What does Rousseau say a state should not have any desire for?

5. What does Rousseau want his countrymen to retain?

(see the answer key)

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